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VG247.comFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:29:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3Desert Bus for Hope 10 has kicked off – watch folks play a desperately dull and tedious game for charityhttp://www.vg247.com/2016/11/12/desert-bus-for-hope-10-has-kicked-off-watch-folks-play-a-desperately-dull-and-tedious-game-for-charity/
http://www.vg247.com/2016/11/12/desert-bus-for-hope-10-has-kicked-off-watch-folks-play-a-desperately-dull-and-tedious-game-for-charity/#respondSat, 12 Nov 2016 20:07:26 +0000https://www.vg247.com/?p=608003The 10th annual run of Desert Bus has kicked off and you can help the poor folks playing this very, very dull game by making donations to Child’s Play.

Desert Bus for Hope is an annual charity marathon in which members of the team play one of the mini-games from a collection of Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors. As we reported last year, the game forces the player to drive from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada at 45 MPH in real time.

A single run will take players eight hours and they will earn one point. If they want more points, they will need to turn the car around and head back to Tucson.

The run started at 10am PT/1pm ET, and as of press time, the team has already earned $20,011.07 in donations this year- and they have 107 more hours of boring desert driving left – so throw some money at them.

Heading over to the website will also provide more information on the charity, learn more about the Desert Bus for Hope origins, and have a look at Donation Drive prizes

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2016/11/12/desert-bus-for-hope-10-has-kicked-off-watch-folks-play-a-desperately-dull-and-tedious-game-for-charity/feed/0Desert Bus for Hope 9 underway – watch people suffer for charityhttp://www.vg247.com/2015/11/16/desert-bus-for-hope-9-underway-watch-people-suffer-for-charity/
http://www.vg247.com/2015/11/16/desert-bus-for-hope-9-underway-watch-people-suffer-for-charity/#respondMon, 16 Nov 2015 01:46:43 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=558233It’s that time again: the Desert Bus for Hope is on the road.

For those who came in late, Desert Bus for Hope is an annual charity marathon in which players tackle what may be the dullest game ever created.

Part of the unreleased mini-game collection Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors, Desert Bus has players driving from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada at 45 MPH – in real time. It takes eight hours to complete a single run, at which point the player receives one point and can turn around and do the repeat journey for another point.

The history of the project is super interesting and there’s certainly something to be said for the experience, but probably not more than once. That’s what makes Desert Bus for Hope so remarkable; a team of brave players endure days of this nonsense to raise money for Child’s Play.

At time of writing, patrons had donated over $124,000, extending the marathon to 134 hours. The bus has been traveling for 29 hours so far, so there’s plenty of, uh. “action” to come.

You can tune into the stream below, and donate via the Desert Bus for Hope website to keep the show on the road. In past years the stream has been punctuated by giveaways, celebrity appearances and other entertainments; watch the Desert Bus Twitter for the latest updates.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2015/11/16/desert-bus-for-hope-9-underway-watch-people-suffer-for-charity/feed/0Child’s Play raised $5 million for charity in 2012http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/08/childs-play-raised-5-million-for-charity-in-2012/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/08/childs-play-raised-5-million-for-charity-in-2012/#respondTue, 08 Jan 2013 09:16:44 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=327973Child’s Play, the charity geared towards raising money to buy games and toys for children’s hospitals and domestic violence relief centres has revealed it raised some $5 million throughout 2012. The charity has responded to the news by issuing its thanks to those who donated.

The charity posted on its blog this morning that it raised $5,085,761 worldwide last year, and added, “The term ‘record-setting’ doesn’t do our final total justice, nor does incredible, amazing, generous, or overwhelming.

“From our own events to a record number of community-run fundraisers (many of which were featured on our new website calendar), we as a group were able to raise an astonishing amount to benefit kids in hospitals, clinics, and domestic violence shelters worldwide.

“But each and every one of these events requires thousands of volunteers, organizers, and participants, each pouring in late hour after late hour, weekend after weekend, to make these events work.”

Child’s Play does indeed hold a many number of fund-raising events each year, such as Desert Bus for Hope, in which fund-raisers sit down and play the notoriously shit game ‘Desert Bus’, which featured on the unreleased but leaked Mega-CD title Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors. We salute them, given how awful the game is said to be. Seriously. (Thanks to Phrasz013 for the video link).

We’ll continue to report on Child’s Plays events as they happen throughout 2013.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/08/childs-play-raised-5-million-for-charity-in-2012/feed/0Desert Bus for Hope now accepting donationshttp://www.vg247.com/2012/11/07/desert-bus-for-hope-now-accepting-donations/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/07/desert-bus-for-hope-now-accepting-donations/#respondWed, 07 Nov 2012 03:44:53 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=313822The annual Desert Bus for Hope marathon, which has a troop of staunch soldiers playing the worst video game ever made for days on end to raise money for Child’s Play, is now taking donations. The more you give, the longer the poor players have to stick with the famously boring sim. With ten days till the event kicks off, gamers have already secured 74 hours of utter mind-numbing torture with more than $2,000 donated. Make someone miserable and earn good karma by throwing a dollar in the hat here.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/07/desert-bus-for-hope-now-accepting-donations/feed/0Desert Bus now available on iOS, Android – all proceeds to Child’s Playhttp://www.vg247.com/2011/11/21/desert-bus-now-available-on-ios-android-all-proceeds-to-childs-play/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/11/21/desert-bus-now-available-on-ios-android-all-proceeds-to-childs-play/#commentsMon, 21 Nov 2011 23:15:54 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=217011The notorious Desert Bus, Penn and Teller’s incredibly boring and unrewarding parody simulation, is now available on both iOS and Android. It’s worth owning just to say you’ve experienced it, but all proceeds from the 99 cent app go straight to penny Arcade’s charity Child’s Play, which provides toys and games for hospitalised kids.

In related news, at time of writing the annual Desert Bus for Hope marathon, a tradition of the end-of-year Child’s Play drive, is on the 69th of 134 hours, and over $131,000 in donations.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/11/21/desert-bus-now-available-on-ios-android-all-proceeds-to-childs-play/feed/1Fourth annual Desert Bus for Hope kicks off, people marathon worst game of all time for charityhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/11/20/fourth-annual-desert-bus-for-hope-kicks-off-people-marathon-worst-game-of-all-time-for-charity/
http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/20/fourth-annual-desert-bus-for-hope-kicks-off-people-marathon-worst-game-of-all-time-for-charity/#commentsSat, 20 Nov 2010 06:14:28 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=130580

Want to see good people play a really, really bad game to help other good people?

Then take a gander at this.

The name of the game? Desert Bus. In a nutshell, it forces allows you to drive from Tuscon, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada at a max speed of 45 mph in real time. Actually, scratch the “in a nutshell” bit, because that’s literally all there is to it. There’s no traffic or varied scenery to speak of, and it takes roughly eight actual soul-sucking, beard-growing hours to complete. By the end, you are broken. You blink and all you can see is Desert Bus. Your dreams? Desert Bus. Just like that, your life becomes a nightmare from which you’ll never awake.

And for some reason, the folks over at LoadingReadyRun have taken it upon themselves to play this game indefinitely in 24-hour shifts. Meanwhile, you can drop a few pennies into these poor souls’ jar and they’ll donate it all to the Child’s Play charity. So long as you keep donating, they’ll keep playing. You’re basically funding torture, but it’s for a good cause!

There’s also a bit of a variety show thing going on to keep you entertained during the yawn-inducing proceedings. If you’d like to watch and/or donate, go here. So then, hop to it. Or don’t. You know, if you’re a terrible human being.